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September 28 2011

3:29 PM

Bill Haas won the FedExCup with a belly putter, but his
60-degree wedge was the story.

By John Schwarb, PGATOUR.COM

When Bill Haas won the FedExCup and TOUR Championship by
Coca-Cola Sunday at East Lake, it was only appropriate given the
2011 season that he did it with a belly putter in the bag.

But it was a wedge, not the putter, that was the story of the
day.

Haas’ amazing water shot (watch it again
here) was a priceless endorsement for Titleist
Vokey wedges. With his 60-degree Vokey Design Spin Milled 60-E
wedge (the “E” refers to the type of grind; this one
was bent to 59 degrees per his preference, with seven degrees of
bounce), Haas pulled off a shot that instantly became part of PGA
TOUR lore.

“The full sole of the Vokey 60-E helped Bill pull off the
shot," Vokey said on the Titleist Tour
blog. "He was able to open up the face and
still have enough bounce to play it like a bunker shot. The grooves
of the wedge along with a descending blow allowed him to spin the
ball, even out of the shallow water.

"It was an amazing shot, one of the best I've seen in all my
years of watching TOUR players."

RENEWED: Dustin Johnson is in the market for a new
caddie, but won’t be hunting for a new equipment or clothing
deal anytime soon. Johnson, most recently a winner at The Barclays,
signed a contract extension through the 2015 season with
TaylorMade-adidas.

"Dustin tops the charts in terms of talent, potential and
charisma," said Bob Maggiore, TaylorMade-adidas vice president of
global brand marketing. "He has the ability and determination to
win anytime, anywhere, and the way he’s handled both victory
and adversity during his first few years on tour has won him a huge
fan following, and rightly so. He’s the real deal.”

SWOOSH: If there was an equipment scoreboard in
the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup, Titleist would be the big
winner with Haas and Webb Simpson (the Deutsche Bank Championship
winner and pre-TOUR Championship No. 1 in points), while TaylorMade
(Johnson, BMW champion Justin Rose) would come in second.

Nike Golf wouldn’t have been on the board.

None of its staff players qualified for the 30-man TOUR
Championship. Charl Schwartzel, Lucas Glover and Jhonattan Vegas
played at the BMW but failed to advance to the Playoffs finale.

That's true love.

Nike’s stable of players figure to have an enhanced
presence in the
Fall Series, however. Justin Leonard is
fighting for a spot inside the all-important
top 125, and of course Tiger Woods is teeing it up at the Frys.com
Open.